Stephen Russell

University of Texas at Austin

Regents Professor, Director

Stephen Russell (he/him) is Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Child Development and Amy Johnson McLaughlin Director of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an expert in adolescent and young adult health, with a focus on sexual orientation and gender identity. His 2016 book, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Schooling: The Nexus of Research, Practice and Policy, won awards from the American Psychological Association and the Society for Research on Adolescence. He was President of the Society for Research on Adolescence (2012-2014), and currently serves on the governing boards of: the Society for Research in Child Development; the Council on Contemporary Families; the National Scientific Council on Adolescence; and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Board on Children, Youth and Families.